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| What physiological changes occur during cardiovascular stress response? |
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Definition
| Increased heart rate and blood pressure, activates sympathetic nervous system and arteries are relaxed |
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Term
| what is atherosclerosis and how does stress contribute to it? |
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Definition
| fat builds up in the arteries and it can cause a heart attack and its a cycle, if your stressed your heat beats faster but it wont be able to circulate blood because your arteries are clogged so you have a heart attack. |
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Term
| What kinds of experiences or circumstances result in cardiac stress response being activated? |
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Definition
| When someone gets shocking news (wife dies, losst job, win lottery) you weep you rant and you start to hyperventilate and you have a heart attack. |
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Term
| under what conditions is the cardiac stress response beneficial and under what conditions can it be life threatening? |
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Definition
| Long term stressors are life threatening and short term stressors are good and beneficial |
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